Estimated Reading Time: 2The Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry has today held its inaugural sitting at the Obi Wali Int’l Conference Centre, Port Harcourt The Judicial panel was set up to probe allegations of Human Rights violation cases by officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit. The[Read More…]
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Senate President says banning SARS not the solution to cases of extrajudicial killings
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan says banning the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) is not the solution to cases of extrajudicial killings by the Police unit. The Senate President’s remarks follows outcry by Nigerians across Social media demanding for government to ban the activities of SARS across[Read More…]
Lamorde advocates special court to ensure accelerated hearing of rape cases
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Assistant Inspector General Force Intelligence, Ibrahim Lamorde who was appointed by the Inspector General of Police to lead human rights reforms in the Force has advocated a special court to ensure accelerated hearing of rape cases in the country. He disclosed this in Abuja during a[Read More…]
NHRC urge 11 Northern states to domesticate the Child’s Rights Act
Estimated Reading Time: 3The National Human Rights Commission has urged the 11 northern states of the federation that had yet to domesticate the Child’s Rights Act (CRA) to quickly do so. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr. Tony Ojukwu, stated that the passage of the law by the states[Read More…]
NHRC Partners with CSOs to Develop Online Platform for Reporting Human Rights Violations
Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigerians can now report human rights violations and get real time response from the National Human Rights Commission. This can be done via an online platform that has been developed by the NHRC to document, report and investigate human rights violations in Nigeria. The tech-based platform, developed in[Read More…]
